(CNN) -- A move is afoot to make the oil-rich province of Basra a more potent political and economic power in Iraq. Lawmakers have started a drive that would give the Shiite-dominated province the ...

Violence in oil-rich Basra, Iraq’s second largest city, is one of the most serious security challenges facing Iraq ’s new government. Backgrounder by Lionel Beehner June 28, 2006 12:36 pm (EST) ...

Iraq has proposed establishing a maritime link between its southern port city of Basra and Pakistan's commercial hub, Karachi, as part of a broader effort to strengthen trade and logistics between ...